St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-05
STRAY SUNBEAMS.

Did you ever observe that mans DISPOSE
ton can be read by the style of hat he wears
and the way he wears it. Not SO with
woman. There is more diversity of style in
women's hats than men. But a woman
always wears her hat according to the way
she has her hair fixed up. So that womans
hat can be no index to female character.
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1t is different with men. There is a close
intimacy between the styles of mems head
gear and the science of phrenology. The
hat is the bump which infallibly denotes the
most prominent trait of character. When a
man buys a hat he is governed in the selec-
ton by the peculiar organism of the brain.
1t doesn't make any difference whether the
particular hat he selects is becoming to him
or not, he prefers it because he is built that
way. If he wears an unbecoming hat he is
not responsible for it. A man never looks in
mirror when he tries hat on. A woman
always does.
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The tall silk hat denotes financial ability.
Bankers, hotel clerks and police reporters al
ways wear silk hats. Rich men do not al
ways wear silk hats, nor are men who wear
silk hats always rich. Still the silk hat is an
unerring sign of capacity for handling finan-
possesses financial ability that gets rich; nor
is it every man who gets rich that possesses
skill in financering. Not by jug full. We
state this that the public mind may not get
confused on these points.
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The derby hat denotes energy. A man who
wears a derby always has the appearance of
being on the go. 1t is a ready-for-all -occa-
sions hat. 1t is at home whether at church or
OIL the base ball grounds. The derby is
nobby little cross between the silk and the
SLOUGH. 1t is an accommodating hat The
clergyman looks well in it, and it fits the bar
tender to st." And all the time it has a
pushing go-aheaditiveness in its appearance
that makes everything side-switch when the
derby passes by.
And then there is the SLOUGH hat All, there
is the hat of liberty for you. The SLOUGH hat
is the original old commoner 1t is the hat
for the masses-Demoeratc in style and Re-
publican in its simplicity. There is nothing
symbolizes pure unadulterated Americanism
so well as the SLOUGH hat. The SLOUGH hat
denotes sociability. 1t is the unfailing index
of genial temperament. 1t means that the
wearer is good fellow that will do to tie to.
He may be bank president or he may be
cowboy, still you can rely on his being hale
companion wherever you meet him, possess
sing sturdy independence of character and
always ready to extend a helping hand
wherever it is needed
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The man who wears his hat perpendicu-
larly, whether it is a tile, derby or sloueh.
has the bump of self esteem well developed.
He thinks that he is the upper crust of the pie
and is entitled to recognition The man who
wears his hat down over the forehead is a
thoughtful man. He is studious and COM
munes with himself great deal, and some
times inclined to moroseness.
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But the man who wears his hat on the back
of his head is the one who doesn't care
whether school keeps Or not He is indie
pendent and self.reliant, and one day is with
him as another. He takes note of neither time
nor individuals. He is generally a good
mixer and finds out what is going on. He is
usually popular, because he is always gener-
Gus. Sailors and soldiers and jockeys and
scull rowers and base ball players are not in
cluded in this classification because they nj
| ways wear caps.
FRED MAY. the young society swell who has
been disturbing the rest of Newport aristoc-
raey with his midnight invasions of private
apartments, is a grandson of the famous
Capt MAY Of Mexican war celebrity. The